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22 Jul

July 22, 2014 |

The United Brethren History Course is a requirement for ministerial licensing in the United Brethren denomination. However, people who just want to learn more about United Brethren history are free to take the course. The course is held periodically in regional settings.

During the past two years, 110 people have attended the course in 12 different locations.

The next edition will be held September 22-23, 2014, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Date: September 22-23, 2014 (Monday and Tuesday)
Time: 9 am – 4 pm each day
Location: Mount Pleasant UB Church.
Address: 2509 Black Gap Road, Chambersburg, PA 17202

Instructor

Daryl Elliott (right), senior pastor of Fountain UB church (Keyser, W. Va.).

Registration Cost

  • $200, if you are seeking a ministerial license.
  • $100 for everyone else.
  • $20 for “Trials and Triumphs,” a history of the United Brethren church. ($14.95 for the book, $5.05 shipping for US, $12.95 international). The book will be sent from the national office.

Payment

Course payment must be sent one week prior to the class, unless other arrangements are made. Send to:

United Brethren in Christ
302 Lake Street
Huntington, Ind. 46750

Make checks payable to “United Brethren in Christ.”

Direct any questions to Cathy Reich, Administrative Assistant.

16 Jul

July 16, 2014 |

Huntington University has been ranked as the top school in Indiana for its economic value by Educate To Career, a California non-profit.

Huntington was ranked 39 out of more than 1,200 schools nationwide. HU students make an average of $31,600 upon graduation, according to ETC.

The ranking system measures improvement in earnings and employability of graduates against the total cost of the education at the institution.

14 Jul

July 14, 2014 |

A Missions Day will be held Thursday, August 21, at Rhodes Grove Camp (Chambersburg, Pa.). It starts at 9 am.

The theme is ““Our God is Greater, Awesome in Power.” The special speaker is Jenaya Bonner (right), Global Ministries staff in Macau. She will give an update on the UB work in Macau and Hong Kong.

Lunch will be served at $12 per person

The afternoon will include the sale of items, crafts, food, and baked goods. Please come, and bring friends.

Rhodes Grove Camp is located at 7693 Browns Mill Rd Chambersburg, PA 17202. Phone: (717) 375-4162.

14 Jul

July 14, 2014 |
Dr. Sherilyn Emberton cuts the ribbon. (Mayor Tom Henry is on the right.)

Dr. Sherilyn Emberton cuts the ribbon. (Mayor Tom Henry is on the right.)

The crowd at the ribbon-cutting.

The crowd at the ribbon-cutting.

Huntington University students in the inaugural Occupational Therapy class.

Huntington University students in the inaugural Occupational Therapy class.


Steve Dennie, Communications Director

A ribbon-cutting on Monday, July 14, opened two very significant doors for Huntington University:

  • HU’s first doctoral program: Occupational Therapy.
  • HU’s first campus in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The ceremony included short speeches from various people involved with the project, including Dr. Sherilyn Emberton, president of Huntington University. Among other things, she front-and-centered HU’s commitment to Christian values. Tom Henry, mayor of Fort Wayne, spoke. So did Dr. Ruth Ford, the person hired to head the program.

Dr. Ruth Ford

Dr. Ruth Ford

An excellent choice, by the way. Dr. Ford has 37 clinical years of experience in management, acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, long-term care, and home health. She has managed more than 500 occupational and physical therapists and speech language pathologists, and has opened multiple occupational therapy programs. She also has 13 years of experience in academia, including expertise in the clinical and business aspects of the field.

Joining her are three fulltime faculty and three adjunct faculty. In addition, the program is getting much support from the Fort Wayne medical community (healthcare is the city’s largest employer). Networking will be very important.

What is occupational therapy?

OT2Here’s a very simplistic explanation: it helps people with health-related problems participate in everyday life activities. The “occupation” is the everyday activity—eating, dressing, bathing, cooking, grocery shopping, writing, etc. For a child, the “occupation” may involve play activities.

Occupational therapists look at every environment in which the person needs to function—home, work, school, etc.—and figure out what adaptations need to be made. Examples:

  • Helping a child with disabilities (including autism) participate in school and social situations.
  • Helping people recover from injuries (like the loss of a limb).
  • Helping older adults cope with physical and cognitive changes.
  • Helping a Parkinson’s patient with such things as handwriting aids, workplace modifications, wheelchair use, cooking and homemaking adaptations, bathing and dressing.

The Fort Wayne Campus

All classes will be held at the Parkview Randallia campus, just off of State Street (1819 Carew Street). That’s on the northeast side of the downtown, about 29 miles (41 minutes) from Huntington University.

The Randallia campus is the former Parkview Hospital before they built a new main hospital on the north side of Fort Wayne. The former Fort Wayne Cardiology building has been renovated to include office space, a student lounge, and specialty classrooms and labs. It’s very nice. Six months ago, we were told, the area was “sawdust.”

The program takes three years—no masters is needed. It can accommodate 32 students in each class. The inaugural class is a diverse group from across the country, ranging from recent graduates, to persons with prior medical and business experience, to second-career students.

09 Jul

July 9, 2014 |

Darlene F. Eberly (right), 67, passed away at 7:45 am on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. She was surrounded by her loving family.

Visitation: 5-8 pm Friday, July 11, 2014.
Visitation location: Harold M. Zimmerman & Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St., Greencastle, Pa.
Funeral: 10 am Saturday, July 12. Visitation one hour preceding the service.
Funeral location: Otterbein UB church, 146 Leitersburg St., Greencastle, Pa.

Rev. David G. Rawley, pastor of Otterbein UB church, and Rev. Leroy Eberly will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given in her memory to Here’s Hope Ministries, P.O Box 323, Greencastle, PA 17225.

Darlene and her husband of 50 years, Robert Eberly, were married in 1964 and had two children, Brenda Moore (Roanoke, Ind.) and Deborah Ramer (Greencastle, Pa.). A third daughter, Katrina, died in infancy in 1967. Bob and Darlene were members of Otterbein UB church in Greencastle, Pa.

The family served as United Brethren missionaries in Sierra Leone 1979-1983. Bob was business manager and, for a short time, acting field superintendent. Brenda was hostess at the UB mission house in Freetown. They have remained heavily involved in mission work, including UB work in Honduras and Sierra Leone.

Bob and Darlene co-founded Here’s Hope Ministries and in 2005 started Hosanna House a foster care home for children in Belize, Central America. Brenda and her husband, Chris, an ordained UB minister, are endorsed staff with Global Ministries; they serve with Here’s Hope Ministries.

More recently, Darlene worked as the office manager for the Eberly real estate rentals. In March, she began radiation treatments for aggressive melanoma cancer. Bob, a member of the denominational Executive Leadership Team, is mayor of Greencastle, Pa.

Cards can be sent to Bob Eberly at PO Box 323, Greencastle, PA  17225

05 Jul

July 5, 2014 |

Rev. Robert (Bobby) Blaine passed away early in the morning of July 5, 2014. He was 94 years old. His wife of 66 years, Virginia, passed away in 2010. He is survived by his two children, James and Jacalyn, along with four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Bobby Blaine graduated from Huntington College, where he engineered the most legendary prank in school history: taking a cow to the top of the Administration Building (now called Becker Hall). Beginning in 1948, he pastored churches in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kansas. His longest tenure, 1964-1987, was as pastor of Good Shepherd UB church in Greenfield, Ohio. He retired from that church, and continued living in Greenfield until his death.

The funeral will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, July 9, at Anchor Baptist Church, 456 Jamison Road, Washington Court House, Ohio. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service, beginning 11 am.

01 Jul

July 1, 2014 |

Take a trip to the Holy Land this fall with Huntington University.

Middle East expert Dr. Mark Fairchild (right), an HU professor, will be your host. Traveling along with him for this trip through Israel and Turkey will be President Sherilyn Emberton and Vince Haupert, vice president for advancement.

The tour will take place from October 30 to November 12. During that time, you will visit multiple sites throughout the Holy Land, including Ephesus, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, and Jerusalem.

The basic daily schedule:

October 31: Arrive in Istanbul, Turkey.
November 1: Pergamum
November 3: Sardis
November 3: Laodicea.
November 4: Ephesus.
November 5: Cappadocia.
November 6: Istanbul.
November 7: Istanbul.
November 8: Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee.
November 9: Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem.
November 10: Jerusalem.
November 11: Jerusalem.
November 12: Return to the US.

“Walk where Jesus walked and travel the roads that Paul traveled as he shared the Gospel with people throughout the Mediterranean World,” said Fairchild, who has personally explored many sites in Turkey, including discovering the oldest known synagogue. “This tour will describe the early Christian faith from its beginnings in Galilee, through our Lord’s final days in Jerusalem, culminating in his crucifixion and resurrection.”

Throughout the tour, you will visit churches and ancient sites where the apostle Paul wrote his epistles. The trip will pair scripture with experience as God’s Word comes to life before your eyes.

The trip is $4,450 per person, including international airfare (leaving from Chicago) and hotel stay. Registration for the trip has been extended until July 25, but space is limited.

For more information, contact Vince Haupert at 260-359-4089 or vhaupert@huntington.edu.

30 Jun

June 30, 2014 |

Rocky Spear (right), senior pastor, Mongul UB church (Shippensburg, Pa.)

On June 22, Mongul Church hosted its 3rd Annual Motorcycle & Classic Car Sunday. It was an almost perfect day for this event. Twelve classic cars and 20 motorcycles participated, our greatest participation to date.

Fifty-dollar gift cards were given to the first place Fan’s Choice for both Classic Car and Motorcycle, and $25 gift cards went to second place. Several hundred dollars worth of door prizes were also given.

After the Sunday morning services, we served more than 160 individuals a BBQ chicken dinner, with baked beans, macaroni salad, rolls, and applesauce. The meal was finished off with fresh strawberries and ice cream.

After lunch, a prayer was given for the riders. Then 15 bikes and two cars enjoyed a 125-mile ride through the mountains of Pennsylvania.

Our ride benefitted The Harbor, a local ministry for those coming out of addictions. We raised just short of $1000 for this ministry. The total Sunday morning attendance was 248. We are grateful for God’s blessings upon Mongul Church.

27 Jun

June 27, 2014 |

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The 2014 UB Women’s Conference will be held September 19-21. Getting close. Registration closes on August 15. Even closer.

As of June 27, about 220 women are registered–more than attended the previous convention in 2012. And we still have three months to go.

The Women’s Conference website now includes a poster. Download it, print it out (in color), and post it in the church foyer or another prominent location. Encourage women of your church to attend.

The location is the beautiful Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio. That’s a little east of Toledo, very close to the Cedar Point amusement park. We held the 2007, 2009, and 2011 US National Conferences at Sawmill Creek, so it will be familiar to many United Brethren folks.

The conference begins with registration at 4pm on Friday, September 19, and concludes by noon on Sunday, September 21.

Registration

The registration cost is based on the number of persons sharing a room (1-4). The cost includes lodging, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner. After August 15, the cost rises $50 per person.

Please inform women in your church about this conference and encourage them to register. We’d love to see a whole van-load of women from your church!

26 Jun

June 26, 2014 |

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Mill Chapel (Reedsville, W. Va.) purchased a bus to be used for outreach. They are using it this week to transport children to Vacation Bible School, and plan to use it on Wednesday nights to bring youth to meetings. It’ll also be used for various men’s and women’s events.